Social media is now influencing one of the biggest advertising frenzies of the year. Superbowl ads. With an estimated 93 million pairs of eyeballs on the screen, including my own, FOX was able to demand an average of $2.7 million for each 30 seconds of advertising air time during the game. We're … Read more about Social Media Influencing Traditional Advertising
Bloglines Beta vs Google Reader
As a guy who who helps businesses with blogging and the whole social media scene I'm often asked to make recomendations on feed readers. For many folks a web based reader makes sense. The ability to keep up with feeds from any computer with an internet connection, the ease of start up (and the … Read more about Bloglines Beta vs Google Reader
Stepping Down from SOBCon
This is one of those posts that’s hard to write. As many of you know, my gorgeous wife Lisa and I were part of the team that founded and put on SOBCon last spring in Chicago along with Liz Strauss, Terry Starbucker, and others. This past week Lisa and I had a long conversation with the rest of … Read more about Stepping Down from SOBCon
1 Simple Tip to Improve Readability and SEO at the Same Time
One of the questions I get asked a lot is, "Are you an SEO Expert?" When I talk with the asker a bit, usually what they want to know is, "Can you help my site get ranked higher in the search engines?" You bet I can do that. Did you know there is something you can do that will not only help … Read more about 1 Simple Tip to Improve Readability and SEO at the Same Time
Joining the High Calling Blogs
I'm excited to announce that SuccessCREEations has joined the High Calling Blogs. Blog Network The High Calling Blogs is a new faith based blog network that is setting out to explore the intersection of faith in the workplace. Here's an excerpt from their about page: TheHighCalling.org … Read more about Joining the High Calling Blogs
Errors Upgrading WordPress – Troubleshooting Tips
Not everyone follows instructions. When upgrading your WordPress site not following the upgrade instructions can cause some really unpleasant things to happen and give some scary error messages. Maybe you messed things up through ignorance. Or if you're like me you might just try doing it wrong … Read more about Errors Upgrading WordPress – Troubleshooting Tips
When Hosting Goes Bad
Web hosting is not a 100% thing. I tell people that while most reputable hosts legitimately claim 99% up time things do break. It doesn't matter whether they are mechanical or electronic. Bad things happen from time to time. That 99% figure is an average. What that means is that during any given … Read more about When Hosting Goes Bad
2008 Will be Dramatically Different at SuccessCREEations
It's funny how we measure time by the calendar. I mean January first will dawn just like any other day. Here in Savannah odds are pretty good it will be a bit foggy, just like this morning. It's that time of year. However 1 January will be a vastly different time for me here at … Read more about 2008 Will be Dramatically Different at SuccessCREEations
Finding Something to Write About
We all get there from time to time. If our business site has a blog, we know we should post something every so often. Can't have it getting stagnant. Gotta keep the content fresh. But what to write? Maybe there's nothing happening in our business that we can share at the moment. Perhaps … Read more about Finding Something to Write About
Communism vs Free Enterprise – Some Perspective
In response to my Thanksgiving post this year Alex over at the Advice Network left a thought provoking comment. Here's the comment: It’s interesting that the European (illegal?) immigrants could not survive with a communal (communist?) economic system, considering the aboriginal neighbors who saved … Read more about Communism vs Free Enterprise – Some Perspective
A Little Thanksgiving History
Today is a national holiday here in the US. It's a day with many different traditions today, from big meals with family, turkey, pumpkin pie, to parades and Detroit Lions football. Interestingly the Thanksgiving tradition goes back much further than the 1924 inception of the Macy's parade in New … Read more about A Little Thanksgiving History
Learning with Lynn Lilly and the Ladies
You may or may not know that Gorgeous is the Managing Director of the local Savannah chapter of a business women's networking group called eWomenNetwork. I'm proud of what she's accomplished in growing that group from nothing a little over a year ago. But pretty much it has been her thing. I've … Read more about Learning with Lynn Lilly and the Ladies
